How To Perform a Slap Shot

July 27, 2020 by Hockey Girlz

Slap shots are one of the most essential skills hockey players must possess in order to effectively play the game.

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It is also one of the hardest and deadliest kinds of shots, as it can reach speeds that supersede 100mph.

According to Collins Dictionary, a slap shot is a “hard, fast, often wild, shot executed with a powerful downward swing, and with the blade of the stick brushing firmly against the ice prior to striking the puck”.

As easy as the definition might seem, many female hockey players have problems making slap shots.

In this article, Fire and Ice founder and Hockey Canada Skills coach Whiteny Juszkiewicz, will be breaking down and explaining in great detail, how to properly do a slap shot.

Watch How To perform a Hockey Slap shot:

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